My Husband Cut Off All Money During My California Divorce

This is going to be episode 1 of our Divorce Stories if you will. So we come up of a better name.

People have asked us to discuss some of the things we see. And they hope so they identify with what we’re doing and how we fix the particular circumstances.

So this episode is going to be about what to do when your spouse stops paying you alimony, child support, spousal support, you know, if there’s money issues and things in that nature.

So this was a new client of ours who contacted us her and her husband had recently separated. She was not working.

The husband was working. And he had always paid all the bills and so forth. And they’re separated for about a month or so.

And the husband suddenly and without warning said, ‘I’m not giving you anymore money at all. I’m not going to give you money for the kids. I’m not going to give you any money for foods. I’m not going to give you money for groceries and for anything.’

And so she contacted our office and asked what could be done. Now we see this quite a bit.

This is not uncommon thing when party separated and one spouse is making the money where they suddenly without warning make money inaccessible.

And what we tell folks is if possible maintain the status equal.

If you’re separated, okay, things are not good but you have kids or whether you do or not you have the spouse of many years, you should in good faith you should continue to give them some money.

You know try and maintain the status equal even if you’ve moved out you know paying the bills, it still have to get paid and so forth.

Well this person cut off the money entirely. They had kids. No money for gas, foods, nothing, not even for their rent and withdrew all the money from the account.

And this person had a few dollars left in the bank account you know contacted us for assistance and asked what we could do.

Well, number one, the first thing we can do is that for parties are in agreement we can put together a Stipulation Order, a Stipulation and an Order.

Parties could stipulate which simply means agree out of court to a set amount and then the parties have an agreement is writing signed by the parties signed by the judge and they’re good to go.

However, in this particular case where one party totally cuts off income completely basically closed all the accounts and removes all the money, obviously, this is something that’s not going to go by agreement.

So what we had to do in this particular case is file what’s called a Request for Order. What it is, it’s a motion you file with the court to get a court date.

So that the parties can go to court so the judge can make an order over in many issues.

But in this case it’s going to be over the custody of the children and for alimony. So this person can start getting some money in the door.

That’s the only way you’re officially going to get a court order either by Stipulation or by filing a motion with the court.

And as I mentioned either by agreement you can do the Stipulation but in this particular case it just wasn’t going to happen.

So we had to file a motion immediately, file for Divorce immediately as so, she can in the court as soon as possible to get a court date so she can get an order for child support and alimony and spousal support because without that there really is no order.

There’s nothing foreseen this person to pay her money until there’s an order from the court except for, you know, of course integrity that takes of the person the people involved.

I want to take care of the folks involved in the case. But without that there’s no order of the court then they technically don’t have to pay anything.

So if you need assistance with this, this is something we do. Obviously, we can file motions, get your court dates and draft Stipulations.

I just want to share with you if you find yourself in the similar circumstances those are your options.

And with the courts delays you should file this right away because courts are taking about 45 days 60 weeks before you’ll step in the court for that hearing.

So you’re going to go for good 60-90 days without any money. So like I told this new client of ours we have to get her in that same day the date of the bank accounts were emptied out and get that file with the court and get her court date as soon as possible.

I hope this was informative. And if you need assistance similar to this please feel free to give us a call.

We’ll talk to you soon.

California Divorce Stories Series

If you’ve been through our website or to our blogs or our podcasts or YouTube channel, you’ll know that we have tons and tons of information and content in variety of formats talking about Divorce, talking about Divorce cases, talking about how to fill out the forms.

And recently we’ve had quite a few requests from our YouTube channel of folks asking us to tell more stories, more things that we see on a daily basis because they are starting to relate when I’ll be talking about a Divorce on a particular situation.

They want to identify with that situation or they want to watch and hear different stories and things that we’ve seen because we’re handling so many Divorce cases just with our little Paralegal Firm here in California doing 30-40-sometimes 50 Divorce cases a month.

We see a lot of scenarios and people have asked us to start discussing some of the things we’ve seen and some of the things we’re doing in those particular circumstances.

So we’re going to create a separate section on our YouTube channel.

It will be something called something to the effect of stories about Divorce or something like that, so, you can go there and find that specific section if you’re looking to find information about some of the things we see, things people are going through and things like that.

We’ll be careful not to give all the details as to that person might not know what we’re talking about.  We would never do that of course.

We never want to and definitely want to keep everything confidential.

But the other websites and shows on YouTube that talks about stories like Divorce, court and things like that are very popular.

And we just want to offer some additional information because we know that we see similar circumstances all the time.

Obviously, the parties are different but a lot of similar situations, so, I know if we start discussing this people will pick this up on YouTube and start watching and probably identify with some of these issues.

And then by watching it you’ll be able to see how we handled it and what we did to rectify the situations.

So check out this area of our YouTube channel. We’ll have a totally separate section just for these stories and things we see folks going through and how we handle them and Divorce.

Tim Blankenship with Divorce661.com, if you need assistance with your Divorce, please feel free to give us a call at 661-281-0266.

2 Ways To Establish California Divorce Spousal Support Order

Today, I want to talk to you about the ways to establish an order for like spousal support or child support and really anything for that matter.

So when you’re going through a Divorce and you’re going through the forms and you’re filing your Divorce case, you may need some orders in the interim before your Divorce case is finalized because as you know your Divorce at the soonest that you can get Divorce is six months.

So let’s assume you filed for Divorce and you know a couple of weeks or months have gone by and you need an order for let’s say spousal support.

If you need an order put in place there’s one of two ways you can do this. Number one and the easiest way is you and your spouse can sit down with someone like myself.

We could run the numbers and look out what the DissoMaster says as it pertains to spousal support. And then simply draft what’s called a stipulation and order.

Stipulation order is a document we put together. We would indicate how much the spousal support is going to be. Both of you would sign it.

We’d submit it to the court. The judge will sign it. And that will become the Interim Order until the final order in your case which would be the judgment at the end of you Divorce.

Another way you can do this if you and your spouse do not agree on in and out for spousal support what you can do is file what’s called a Request for Order.

It used to be called an Order To Show Cost. It’s now called a Request for Order. And this is a motion you would file with the court and you get a court date.

And then the court would decide how much that interim or temporary order for spousal support would be.

We can help with either those cases as far as drafting a stipulation, order for spousal support or if you’re not in agreement with your spouse, on the amount we could file for motion and you guys can go to court and let the judge decide on the amount of spousal support is to be ordered in the interim until your case is finalized.

Tim Blankenship with Divorce661.com, we are a Full Service Divorce Paralegal Firm serving all of California. We could work with all the courts in California.

So if you need help establishing order for spousal support or you need to have a stipulation run up or you need to go a hearing because there’s no agreement on spousal support, let us know we can file a motion on your behalf, get your court dates, serve the other spouse.

That is a service that we provide so feel free to give me a call.

We can talk about your specific circumstances which might be the best way to go. Tim Blankenship, 661-281-0266, or, just go to Divorce661.com for more information.

Van Nuys Request For Order Service RFO Service In Van Nuys

Today, we’re talking Request For Orders, previously known as Order To Show Cost.

So Request For Order, that’s something you would use, it’s a tool you’d use or document rather court document that you’d use if you want to file a motion with the court to request some type of temporary orders.

Now we’ve been filing a ton of Request For Order Motions lately and I just want the folks know in Van Nuys area if you’re going through a Divorce in Van Nuys or considering filing for Divorce and it needs some type of temporary order we can help you prepare your Request For Order.

Now when you’re going through a Divorce more people don’t understand is once you file and serve and you’ve started going through that process there are no orders of the courts.

So there’s really nothing anyone has to do regarding the kids, alimony, child support. Without an order there’s nothing that anyone is you know obligated to do if you will.

So if everything is going well and everyone is doing what they should be doing and maintain this as growth financially and taking care of the kids there’s really no reason to file Request For Order.

However, when you need to get orders in place because you either want to protect yourself or maybe you’re not getting in cooperation with custody and visitation of your kids that’s something you can do through a Request For Order.

So this is a service we provide. And some examples would be if you’re not getting alimony when you’re going through a Divorce process you could use a Request For Order.

Also, for child support, child visitation and child custody just about anything you need temporary orders for you can request through a Request For Order with the courts.

The process is filling out through request for order form FL-300 followed by a declaration explaining to the court why the judge should make orders as you’re requesting.

Now your spouse having opportunity to respond and eventually go to a court date where you’ll speak your piece, your spouse will in kind do the same.

And the judge will then make an order based on what they feel as in the best interest of the parties.

So I just want to explain that if you need assistance with a Request For Order Motion, Order To Show Cost in the Van Nuys area or anywhere in California for that matter.

We do serve all of California but I did this video just for the folks who may need to file the motion in Van Nuys.

Feel free to give me a call 661-281-0266 and we’ll take care of that for you.

Van Nuys QDRO Prep Service Qualified Domestic Relations Order

I want to talk to you about our QDRO Prep Service. This is Qualified Domestic Relation Order QDRO Prep.

So what we’re talking about here is if you’re going through a Divorce or when you’re going through a Divorce and if you have a pension like a City pension, a County pension, maybe a 401K 403 (b) even some IRAs, when you’re going to divide those the chances are in most cases you’re going to need to do what’s called a QDRO, Qualified Domestic Relations Order to officially divide your pension your 401K 403 (b) etc.

So what’s happened the pension usually in the past is always required a QDRO.

Now many 401Ks or any pension type like type systems or pension systems are going to require you to do what’s called a QDRO.

We do offer that as a service. If you’ve used our Divorce Service in Van Nuys for you to complete your complete case, you know, we’re probably also doing your QDRO.

But if you’ve used attorney maybe you’ve done your own Divorce case or something like that and now you’ve realized you need to do a QDRO for your pension we can certainly help you.

Now QDRO again is basically is just a document that brings your pension into the Divorce case.

We’ll notify the court that there’s a pension and vice versa we’ll notify the person that there is a Divorce going on and then the QDRO can be prepared and that’s the service that we can take care of for you.

Now the benefit of using our service is we’re a lot more cost-effective. So if you’re using an attorney you’re going to look up towards $1500-$2,000 per QDRO.

And our service is based on a flat fee pricing. So go and give us a call.

We’re about 1/3 of a cost of hiring an attorney for your QDRO. And it’s not necessary that you use an attorney for your QDRO.

So go ahead and give us a call. If you’ve used our service for your Divorce thank you. We’ll also take care of your QDRO and we’ll be talking to you about that as we finish up your case.

But if not I just want to let the folks know in the Van Nuys area that if in the Van Nuys court if your case was through Van Nuys that if you need a QDRO now that you have completed your case, you’re in the middle of your Divorce we can get the QDRO started for you at the most lower rate than hiring an attorney for your Qualified Domestic Relation Order.

For more information or just give me a call 661-281-0266.

 

Van Nuys Divorce Court Self Help Center

I want to talk to you about our services in helping you complete your Divorce case in Van Nuys in lieu of using the Self Help Center in Van Nuys.

So every court or many of the courts in LA County have a Self Help Center.

This is a location where it’s a non profit organization that usually inside the courthouse somewhere there will be some folks that can assist you with your paperwork.

Now we have lots of clients who call us after visiting any of the various Self Help Centers at the various courthouses.

And it only takes one trip for them to realize that they don’t have the time or energy and in fact the frustration level to deal with in dealing with the Self Help Centers.

Now I’m not saying this is not a good service. I’m saying that it is a free service and you get every penny’s worth of that service if you get what I mean.

But the Self Help Centers are there to assist people who have low in income perhaps not working and if you have time to spend in the courthouses, the Self Help Centers in Van Nuys you know multiple days all day long for weeks running in, by all means then that might be the best choice for you if you’re working or you’re not going to miss work.

But for everyone else who is working and has a little money to spend on getting the professional service like ours to help you with your Divorce I can tell you from experience having to work at the Self Help Center volunteering many years ago that is going to save yourself a lot of time and a lot of frustration.

In fact, it’ll probably even save you money because you’re not going to have miss work going down to the courthouse to deal with the Self Help Center in Van Nuys.

Now our service is a full service Divorce Paralegal Firm. We take care of your entire Divorce from start to finish.

So the difference between us and the Self Help Center is one, we have a small fee for our service. And then number we are going to take care of everything for you.

You won’t have to deal with the court. We’ll take care of filling out forms, going down to the courthouse for you, filing them, serving them, all the financial disclosures.

So if you’re in the middle of your Divorce and you’re dealing with the Self Help Center or you’re considering using the Self Help Center in Van Nuys, you know exactly what I’m taking about if you’ve even been there one time how busy it is.

It can be turned away for assistance if they’re too busy which happens very commonly as I think they can now say they can only help up to only 15 people per day.

So if you don’t believe me go ahead and head on down there and just take a look if that’s what you feel like dealing with by all means use their service, otherwise, if you’re looking for full service professional company take care of your paperwork, so, you can go on with your lives and we can help you with all the other things that you need to deal with as far as helping you divide up your property, coming up with alimony, child support, etc.

We have all that software that the courts have and attorneys have to help you complete your case.

So if you’re looking for full service assistance in Van Nuys give us a call I’ll be happy to take care of you.

661-281-0266 we will take care of your entire Divorce from start to finish.